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  So... Do you think you're good looking?

  by LouBelle in

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  after laylas' : do you think looks are important thread, thought this would be a good follow up.. personally i'm just a regular girl, nothing exception, got good teeth, i do love my hair and don't think i'm ugly, but know that i'm no stunner either .

  so come on be honest - how do you rate yourselves..

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  I'm trying the photobucket thing... let's see..
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  So... Do you think you're good looking?

  by LouBelle in

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  after laylas' : do you think looks are important thread, thought this would be a good follow up.. personally i'm just a regular girl, nothing exception, got good teeth, i do love my hair and don't think i'm ugly, but know that i'm no stunner either .

  so come on be honest - how do you rate yourselves..

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  Wow how cool to see a picture Burn... I wish there were more pics available of the people of here.. anyone seen a thread like that?
  
  It'd be fun to post a pic, if I did it could I go in and delete it back out? How long after can you do that?
  
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  So... Do you think you're good looking?

  by LouBelle in

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  after laylas' : do you think looks are important thread, thought this would be a good follow up.. personally i'm just a regular girl, nothing exception, got good teeth, i do love my hair and don't think i'm ugly, but know that i'm no stunner either .

  so come on be honest - how do you rate yourselves..

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  haha Layla... I'm like you - I scrub up nicely, but first thing in the morning... let me just say NOT GOOD. haha
  
  We should hit the town sometime and turn a few heads together :-)
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  "A New Earth"...think any JW's are reading this?

  by TweetieBird in

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  i was watching oprah yesterday and she was talking about how some people are afraid to read this because they think it will interfere with their religious beliefs.

  it got me to wondering if any believing jw's are reading this.

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  I'm an active witness and I'm reading it! Oh, but I also read JWD so I guess I don't really count. haha
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  Nothing but the Blood - Chapter 4

  by daniel-p in

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  [this is the true story of my life.

  i'm posting it in installments.

  the final installment will include post-script-type thoughts, with acknowledgements to those who've helped me along these last two years, as well as those who've been an inspiration.

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  Thanks a PM would be good for sure. :-) x
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  Nothing but the Blood - Chapter 4

  by daniel-p in

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  [this is the true story of my life.

  i'm posting it in installments.

  the final installment will include post-script-type thoughts, with acknowledgements to those who've helped me along these last two years, as well as those who've been an inspiration.

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  Yay! That was great Daniel.. I do love a good story. Hey, how do I subscribe? I don't want to miss Episode 5!
  
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  Its Saturday and I need lots of Laughs...can you help make me laugh?

  by Hope4Others in

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  find your favorite snl clip off u-tube (saturday night live) or what ever.. steve martin.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh7kiwmqdlo.

  hope4others.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgunWu3dWW0

  This guy is hilarious. Cute too.
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  More Suicides

  by JWD in

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  within the past week a couple was found dead in their home here in.

  southern osaka japan.the couple was in their 50`s and the husband was.

  the elder in a congregation in a city named kishiwada.the husband.

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  Besty... HA. Yeah that sentence needs rearranging methinks.. LOL
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  Newbies & Lurkers - Let's Get to Know You - Please Tell Us Your Story

  by flipper in

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  at the suggestion of my sis named dinah ( thanks dinah ) we thought it would be good to invite newbies , lurkers , or any others junior members etc.

  to tell their stories of how they got out of the jehovah's witnesses or what you dealt with before getting out of which you had to overcome !

  life is hard- we all have our stories , but on this board are many caring people who will be here for you if you need a soft place to land after being controlled by the jehovah's witnesses mindset.

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  Hey Flipper.. I'll bump the thread along with a quick version of my story for anyone who's interested.
  
  I'm a 3rd generation witness, I've always tried to be a "good girl", ignoring my own inner voice, viewing any internal struggle as the imperfection of my "treacherous" heart and so instead based all my major life decisions on what the society advised.
  
  Marriage at 18 on the advice from the local elders that the one year courtship had run long enough. Pioneering for a number of years, despite having a strong aversion to disrupting the householder's privacy, and the embarrassment I felt at the discourtesy I perceived this to be. "Aha! Fear of Man!" I thought, "you need to work on that." Ignoring my passion for study and education, I instead directed this into a deep study of the Bible, of course always referencing the Watchtower to assist me, even though on many points I often experienced disappointment at the lack of an explanation that would ring true to my own innate sense of logic. "Aha! A lack of faith" I told myself, "something else I need to work on."
  
  I'm often amazed that I didn't allow my true inner voice to speak to me much earlier than this. But I see that most witnesses just ignore those doubts. If their life is running reasonably smoothly, they have a nice group of friends, they're convinced and enjoy the feeling of being part of the only group on earth that God approves of. Yeah, maybe they've given up their dreams - but five meetings a week, plus study, plus field service, plus the fact that they surround themselves only with people who agree with them, is enough to convince them that any inner doubting is imperfection and should be ignored.
  
  My theory is that a witness will only begin to listen to their inner voice when something touches them on a personal level. Convincing a happy witness that it ain't true is nigh on impossible in my books. For me, there was an ongoing lack of self-fulfillment and some unhappiness which led to the questioning.
  
  It was the day I asked myself, "YES. BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK?" that started my journey. That was about 8 months ago. Things have steamrolled since then, and many witnesses are aware that I am having "issues" with the "truth". Lots of people have expressed their shock at the change they've seen in me. "This is not you!" they say. And to begin with I would agree with them. But now when I hear that comment, I smile and disagree politely. My inner voice is no longer smothered, and these days it pipes up nice and clearly. Right now it's saying "Actually yep, this IS me. Get used to it."
  
  :-)
  
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  More Suicides

  by JWD in

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  within the past week a couple was found dead in their home here in.

  southern osaka japan.the couple was in their 50`s and the husband was.

  the elder in a congregation in a city named kishiwada.the husband.

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  Okay, now That would make more sense, thanks Billy. :-)
  
  As far as not being able to attend the funeral, a baptised friend of mine commited suicide and a few hundred witnesses attended. It wasn't at the hall though.
  
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